Posted on 08/06/2014 1:19:41 PM PDT by Gamecock
New Delhi: Air India has been forced to ground one of its planes after crew spotted rats scurrying around the cabin, The Times of India reported on Tuesday.
The plane was on its way from New Delhi to Calcutta when staff became aware of the infestation, the newspaper said.
"Rats on board an aircraft can lead to a catastrophe if they start chewing up electric wires," the paper quoted an unnamed airline official as saying.
"If that happens, pilots will have no control on any system on board leading to a disaster."
No one at the airline was immediately available for comment, but an Air India official speaking on condition of anonymity said rats on planes were a "common phenomenon" worldwide and could "get in anywhere".
"They follow the catering vans into the plane when they smell the food," the official told news agency AFP.
It is not the first time that India's loss-making carrier has suffered a rodent infestation.
Rats reportedly delayed a domestic flight from Mumbai by almost two hours in February, and in 2009 a flight to Toronto was delayed for 11 hours as staff tried to catch rats.
Even worse, India has human corpses floating in rivers.
Get some snakes on that plane to fix the problem.
Karni Mata (the Rat Temple of Deshnoke) |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd_GxgofvfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G823aqIUJMU&t=3m40s (backspace it for more sights)
A few years ago, I saw a show on cable about a man that worked the fields to catch rats in India. Not sure if he got paid a small amount, but he got to keep all of his catch for food for him and his family.
Where Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?>.................
I had no choice. TWA went on strike. :)
And yet Air India is still flying while TWA is a memory.
Yes, and that seems unfair, although I doubt that fairness plays into it.
“Not sure if he got paid a small amount, but he got to keep all of his catch for food for him and his family.”
He now owns the largest chain of Chinese restaurants in India.
Lol...it’s a wonderful rags to riches story. ;)
Same here, never again. Thank god they got dropped as an approved carrier for us. Taking British Air and Jet Air this time around.
I’ve heard that British Air is very good.
Rats in New Delhi? I know I am shocked.
I know desire to visit any flies-on-your-face country.
What? Let me try that again.
I have no desire to visit any flies-on-your-face country.
I have found that they are all pretty much the same in the back.
If you can swing a seat up front you will find a huge difference.
On overseas flight I have some limited experience in business class.
I would rank British>American>Lufthansa.
Lufthansa is way overrated, IMHO.
In a couple weeks I will be flying US, Swiss and Eva in business class. Looking forward to trying them out.
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I'd love to fly business or first class, but I'm happy to get an aisle seat these days. Please let me know how you rate your flights on this trip, if it's not too much trouble.
My memory isn’t what it once was, if I remember to do so I’ll let you know my impressions.
One thing that is pretty cool is that EVA allows you to preorder meals. I choose rack of lamb.
Oh, and I’m not spending my children’s inheritance. I am compulsive about collecting frequent flyer miles and cashing them out on high dollar flights.
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